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Rorion Gracie Biography

Rorion Gracie is one of the most popular and richest MMA Fighter who was born on January 10, 1952 in Brazil. To help create the Ultimate Fighting Championship, he teamed up He teamed up with Dana White to help found the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 1993..

Rorion started Jiu-Jitsu at a young age, doing demonstrations and classes. He spent his youth learning how to teach under the tutelage of his father, Grand Master Hélio Gracie. In December 1969, he travelled to the United States for a vacation returning to Brazil in the end of 1970. He attended the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, graduating with a degree in Law.

In the early 1970s, Carley Gracie had trained US Marines based at the US consulate in Rio de Janeiro and subsequently in 1972 provided training to Marines at the Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. In 1994, following UFC, a small group of high-ranking military personnel, from the most elite unit in the US Army Special Operations Forces, contacted Rorion and asked him to develop an objective hand-to-hand combat course based on the most effective techniques of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. The result was the Gracie Combatives military course that was taught to US Special Operations Forces, conventional US military units and the CIA. In January 2002, the techniques were the foundation of the official US Army Modern Army Combatives Program (MACP). The Gracie Resisting Attack Procedures for Law Enforcement (GRAPLE) was also concurrently developed with the combatives course, following a similar request from law enforcement for a defensive tactics training course, that was adopted by virtually all US law enforcement. The two courses were later merged to create the Gracie Survival Tactics (GST), a combative and defensive tactics course, for both military and law enforcement.

He grew up with five siblings: He grew up alongside five siblings, Relson, Rickson, Royce, Rolls and Rolker and his father is Helio Gracie. He married Silvia Gracie and has a total of 10 children: Rose, Riane, Ryron, Rener, Ralek, Segina, Reylan, Roran, Renon and Ricon. and Rickson. His father was Helio Gracie. He married Silvia Gracia and had 10 children: Rose and Riane.

He is also a founding member of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Rorion Gracie (Portuguese: [ˈʁɔɾjõ ˈɡɾejsi] ; born January 10, 1952) is a Brazilian American Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Grand Master, a prominent member of the Gracie family, writer, publisher, producer, lecturer, and the co-founder of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the oldest son of Hélio Gracie and one of the few people in the world to hold a 9th degree red belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and is widely recognized as one of the men responsible for introducing Gracie/Brazilian Jiu-jitsu to the United States and the world following the arrival of first cousin, Carley Gracie in 1972.

Rorion Gracie Net Worth

Rorion is one of the richest MMA Fighter from Brazil. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rorion Gracie's net worth $50 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

At a young age, he began to study Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu alongside his father.

In 1988, Rorion produced the documentary Gracie Jiu-Jitsu In Action. In 1989, Rorion with brothers Royce, Rickson and Royler, opened the first Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Torrance, California. In 1991, he produced The Basics of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, a five volume training video series together with a special edition volume.

Rorion was also a technical advisor, a fight scene choreographer for Lethal Weapon 3 in 1992, providing training to Rene Russo together with martial artist Cheryl Wheeler-Dixon and a Karate instructor. The Karate instructor immediately went on to rehearse spectacular ura-mawashi high kicks, which resulted in Russo pulled groin muscles the very first day, and was so frustrated with learning the technique, that Richard Donner asked Gracie not only to teach her, but also to attend the film set for filming sequence as a technical advisor. Gracie was so proficient and pliable in an uke role, that Russo refused to do the throw with whoever else excluding Gracie, and insisted him to step into the action as a stuntman for a fight scene.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Rorion was a technical adviser for the 1987 movie Lethal Weapon providing training to actors Mel Gibson and Gary Busey. The director Richard Donner wanted Gibson’s character to have a unique style of fighting never seen onscreen before with the second assistant director Willie Simmons, who was interested in unusual forms of martial arts, choosing BJJ and two other martial arts styles to use in the movie.

Who is Rorion Gracie Dating?

According to our records, Rorion Gracie married to Silvia Gracie. As of January 13, 2024, Rorion Gracie’s is not dating anyone.

In 1993, inspired by countless exhibition matches termed the “Gracie Challenge”, a tradition that started with his uncle and Gracie jiu-jitsu co-founder Carlos Gracie, Rorion teamed with promoter and business executive Art Davie in the creation of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Davie had always dreamed of an inter-discipline contest, pitting various martial arts against one another to determine the most effective. Rorion was only interested in showcasing his father’s style, and demonstrating its dominance. Through this pay-per-view spectacle, he hoped to show that, in a “no time limit – no rules” setting, Gracie jiu-jitsu was the only system of self-defense that would give someone a realistic chance of defeating a larger, more athletic adversary. Davie recruited seven martial artists of different styles to participate in a single-elimination tournament. Rorion enlisted his brother Royce to represent the family style in the competition. Due to his smaller frame and relatively low body weight, Royce would be the smallest competitor, making an excellent example of the powers of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.

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In 1978, Rorion Gracie moved to Southern California where he worked as an extra in movies and television. Attempting to spread Jiu-Jitsu culture, he laid some mats in his garage in Hermosa Beach and invited people he met to try the sport. In 1985, Rorion invited his 18-year-old brother, Royce, to move to America.

Black Belt Magazine named Rorion Gracie the 2006 Instructor of the Year.

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Rorion Ranked on the list of most popular MMA Fighter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Brazil. Rorion Gracie celebrates birthday on January 10 of every year.

Rorion wrote and published the book The Gracie Diet in 2010.

How is Rorion Gracie so rich?

Rorion Gracie is a Brazilian American Jiu-Jitsu Grand Master and is an important figure in the world of mixed martial arts and is the co-founder of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Apart from that, he is a member of the acclaimed Gracie family, a writer, publisher, producer, and lecturer.

How much did Rorion Gracie sell UFC for?

“The feeling I have is that I had a son, and they adopted it, sent him to study at Harvard, and now my son controls Wall Street. It’s great to have an idea, and see it come to fruition.” The UFC was sold for 4 billion dollars.

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